1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:01,780 Hi there. 2 00:00:01,960 --> 00:00:09,400 Glad to be joining you again to go through another lecture on the computer based test for reading comprehension. 3 00:00:09,970 --> 00:00:17,890 The things I'm showing you in these videos apply to the general exam or the academic exam applies to 4 00:00:17,890 --> 00:00:18,430 both. 5 00:00:19,260 --> 00:00:19,790 Okay. 6 00:00:20,550 --> 00:00:26,340 Again, we're talking about the what you're doing on the computer based tests in terms of the tools 7 00:00:26,340 --> 00:00:27,900 that you have available to you. 8 00:00:28,920 --> 00:00:34,500 If you want to really learn a lot more about strategy, we have a lot of videos in the general section 9 00:00:34,500 --> 00:00:37,050 of the academic section that kind of go over strategy. 10 00:00:37,980 --> 00:00:43,050 I'm kind of showing you in these videos how you really go about applying that strategy. 11 00:00:43,050 --> 00:00:43,800 So here. 12 00:00:46,170 --> 00:00:49,050 We're dealing with a multiple choice question. 13 00:00:49,380 --> 00:00:51,750 We have questions one, two or three and four. 14 00:00:52,770 --> 00:00:54,200 We have the time up here. 15 00:00:54,210 --> 00:00:56,340 You can see how much time you have left. 16 00:00:57,360 --> 00:00:57,930 All right. 17 00:00:58,770 --> 00:01:01,710 That's how I would open the question to open question. 18 00:01:01,710 --> 00:01:07,360 Three open question for passages on the left. 19 00:01:07,380 --> 00:01:08,760 Questions are on the right. 20 00:01:10,170 --> 00:01:14,370 So in this first one, it's really easy because it says in paragraph one. 21 00:01:15,850 --> 00:01:18,610 The writer suggests the company should consider. 22 00:01:19,660 --> 00:01:20,290 Right. 23 00:01:21,610 --> 00:01:23,920 What does the writer suggest? 24 00:01:24,910 --> 00:01:27,410 What does the writer suggest they should consider? 25 00:01:27,430 --> 00:01:29,050 What does he suggest? 26 00:01:30,810 --> 00:01:31,920 So I have to find that. 27 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:37,890 Now, remember what the multiple choice question the question is go in order and that to be able to 28 00:01:37,890 --> 00:01:43,560 get your answer, you might have to read more than one sentence, more than one sentence. 29 00:01:44,790 --> 00:01:48,090 When I'm looking for a language of tales of what the writer suggest. 30 00:01:49,650 --> 00:01:51,180 What does he suggest? 31 00:01:57,190 --> 00:02:02,410 The general assumption is that older workers are paid more and slightly because their productivity might 32 00:02:02,410 --> 00:02:04,120 explain why they're under pressure. 33 00:02:04,750 --> 00:02:12,820 They persuade them to take early retirement, take away seniority pay scales, and the workers may become. 34 00:02:13,300 --> 00:02:14,080 Here we go. 35 00:02:15,820 --> 00:02:18,040 Right here, where it talks about. 36 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:19,060 May become. 37 00:02:20,710 --> 00:02:21,370 All right. 38 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:24,770 So you said it's an English test. 39 00:02:27,380 --> 00:02:29,510 Where it talks about they may become. 40 00:02:29,780 --> 00:02:30,440 All right. 41 00:02:30,530 --> 00:02:32,480 That's that's a suggestion. 42 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:34,300 Right. 43 00:02:34,430 --> 00:02:37,460 And this is a suggestion that's coming from the writer. 44 00:02:38,210 --> 00:02:44,270 Take away singer base pay scales, take away seniority, bass pay scales. 45 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:48,170 And the older workers may become much more attractive. 46 00:02:49,990 --> 00:02:50,370 Right. 47 00:02:50,380 --> 00:02:53,410 So they're more attractive or you should consider them. 48 00:02:53,410 --> 00:02:57,580 That's the language more attractive to be employed. 49 00:02:57,580 --> 00:03:00,190 You should consider them if what? 50 00:03:00,340 --> 00:03:03,220 Take away seniority base pay scales. 51 00:03:04,810 --> 00:03:06,940 That means this is the answer right here. 52 00:03:07,210 --> 00:03:10,860 Abolishing pay schemes, right? 53 00:03:10,870 --> 00:03:12,430 It doesn't say avoiding pay. 54 00:03:12,460 --> 00:03:13,840 That's based on peace rates. 55 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:15,010 I don't know what that is. 56 00:03:15,340 --> 00:03:17,140 Does it say increasing pay? 57 00:03:17,770 --> 00:03:19,720 It doesn't say giving them new skills. 58 00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:20,770 It says what? 59 00:03:20,890 --> 00:03:29,830 Take away their pay scales, take away their pay schemes that are based on age, based on seniority. 60 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:31,840 Right. 61 00:03:32,020 --> 00:03:34,840 We have to find a synonym for that language. 62 00:03:38,980 --> 00:03:39,360 All right. 63 00:03:39,370 --> 00:03:49,060 Number two for number two, it says Skill Team is an example of a company which so these go in order, 64 00:03:49,060 --> 00:03:49,630 right. 65 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:52,990 So I know for the next one it should be really easy. 66 00:03:52,990 --> 00:03:57,850 And actually I could have started with number two because the word skill team is actually really easy 67 00:03:57,850 --> 00:04:02,650 to find is right there, really, really easy to find. 68 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:14,560 And so with this one, we're looking at it in terms of skill team and it says faced with the need to 69 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:22,510 cut out face, with the need to cut staff cost and having decided to concentrate cuts on 55 to 60 year 70 00:04:22,510 --> 00:04:26,890 olds, IBM set up a separate company called Skill Team, which. 71 00:04:27,100 --> 00:04:28,720 So what does Skill Team do? 72 00:04:29,140 --> 00:04:29,500 Right. 73 00:04:29,500 --> 00:04:31,660 This is about the tell us what they did, which. 74 00:04:32,350 --> 00:04:32,950 Right. 75 00:04:34,180 --> 00:04:36,700 This is about the tell us exactly what they did. 76 00:04:36,940 --> 00:04:44,140 Skill team which re employed any of the early retired who wanted to go on working to the age of 60. 77 00:04:44,740 --> 00:04:52,900 So the team this company skill team re-employed anybody who early retired and wanted to go on working 78 00:04:52,900 --> 00:04:54,070 that's what they did. 79 00:04:55,950 --> 00:04:56,470 Okay. 80 00:04:58,430 --> 00:05:03,680 And then the rest of this is not important because as I have told you several times, things go from 81 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:05,090 general to specific. 82 00:05:05,330 --> 00:05:07,200 So they tell you what they did. 83 00:05:07,220 --> 00:05:09,230 They re-employed these workers. 84 00:05:10,580 --> 00:05:11,840 They re-employed them. 85 00:05:14,070 --> 00:05:20,510 They work on a five year contract worth for 58% of his time. 86 00:05:20,700 --> 00:05:22,140 80% of his salary. 87 00:05:22,140 --> 00:05:23,640 So he doesn't get full salary. 88 00:05:24,390 --> 00:05:25,800 So that one's not correct. 89 00:05:26,730 --> 00:05:29,160 Allows people to continue working as long as they want. 90 00:05:29,190 --> 00:05:30,540 Does not say that. 91 00:05:31,940 --> 00:05:34,340 Allows expertise of older workers we put to use. 92 00:05:34,340 --> 00:05:34,520 Yeah. 93 00:05:34,520 --> 00:05:36,900 They re-employ them right. 94 00:05:37,740 --> 00:05:40,400 It doesn't say anything about treating them equally. 95 00:05:44,610 --> 00:05:44,910 All right. 96 00:05:44,910 --> 00:05:50,520 So that's how you do this type of question. 97 00:05:53,070 --> 00:05:53,230 Right. 98 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:55,010 That's how you do this type of question. 99 00:05:55,020 --> 00:05:56,730 It's a multiple choice question. 100 00:05:57,240 --> 00:06:04,290 And then you would do questions three and do questions four in terms of bridge jobs. 101 00:06:05,370 --> 00:06:09,000 Again, we're looking at what it says, according to the rider. 102 00:06:09,420 --> 00:06:12,300 What is the rider say about bridge jobs? 103 00:06:14,550 --> 00:06:17,160 So here we have something about bridge jobs. 104 00:06:19,740 --> 00:06:22,020 Here we have something about the bridge jobs. 105 00:06:28,060 --> 00:06:30,430 And here we have something about bridge jobs. 106 00:06:33,130 --> 00:06:33,640 Right. 107 00:06:33,640 --> 00:06:39,940 So the best way to see, according to the right or bridge jobs, the best way to tempt the old to go 108 00:06:39,940 --> 00:06:47,740 and work and maybe to build on such bridge jobs, part time or temporary employment that creates a more 109 00:06:47,740 --> 00:06:49,150 gradual transition. 110 00:06:51,090 --> 00:06:53,250 From full time work to retirement. 111 00:06:53,700 --> 00:06:59,100 With this with this question where it says, according to the writer, what we're looking for is him 112 00:06:59,100 --> 00:07:00,210 to give an opinion. 113 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:04,340 We're looking for a sentence that gives an opinion. 114 00:07:04,500 --> 00:07:10,290 This first sentence where we see bridge jobs, it gives a definition of what a bridge job is. 115 00:07:12,220 --> 00:07:16,240 This second set is where we see bridge job is talking about what studies have found. 116 00:07:16,480 --> 00:07:18,400 So that's not according to the writer. 117 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:20,680 That's not him. 118 00:07:21,340 --> 00:07:25,990 The first instance where we see bridge jobs is giving a definition of a bridge job. 119 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:31,750 The second sentence give telling us what studies have said about our bridge job. 120 00:07:32,710 --> 00:07:38,590 Right now there seem to be two very types, two very different types of bridge jobs. 121 00:07:39,280 --> 00:07:44,800 Those who continue working because they have to and those who continue working because they want to, 122 00:07:45,130 --> 00:07:47,860 even though they could afford to retire. 123 00:07:49,270 --> 00:07:53,890 So really, I'm looking at this guy, according to the writer. 124 00:07:54,680 --> 00:07:58,000 What do you say about bridge jobs in this first sentence? 125 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:00,430 He gives us the definition of a bridge job. 126 00:08:00,730 --> 00:08:04,870 So really, I would look at the first sentence and I will look at the last sentence. 127 00:08:05,380 --> 00:08:09,280 I wouldn't look at this middle sentence because it's talking about a study. 128 00:08:10,960 --> 00:08:11,210 Right. 129 00:08:11,290 --> 00:08:15,820 So between the first sentence and the last sentence, if we look at it. 130 00:08:16,930 --> 00:08:17,500 Right. 131 00:08:17,500 --> 00:08:20,170 The last sentence, first sentence gives us definition. 132 00:08:20,500 --> 00:08:23,190 The second sentence tells us that there are two types. 133 00:08:23,200 --> 00:08:26,470 There are two different types, right? 134 00:08:26,470 --> 00:08:31,570 There are some who work because they have to and those who work because they want to. 135 00:08:32,020 --> 00:08:33,850 So we have two different groups. 136 00:08:38,590 --> 00:08:43,660 It does not say it originated in the United States, does not say our better pay than we know. 137 00:08:43,660 --> 00:08:49,330 It's not better paid than full time that releases this other paragraph and tend to attract people in 138 00:08:49,330 --> 00:08:50,920 the middle salary ranges. 139 00:08:50,950 --> 00:08:52,360 It doesn't say that also. 140 00:08:53,110 --> 00:08:53,620 All right. 141 00:08:55,020 --> 00:08:57,780 So that's how we do this type of question. 142 00:08:58,650 --> 00:09:02,430 It's a multiple choice question, and that's how we have to be able to handle it. 143 00:09:03,570 --> 00:09:03,870 Okay. 144 00:09:04,080 --> 00:09:05,100 Thank you very much. 145 00:09:05,100 --> 00:09:12,060 And I hope you've enjoyed me going through these these reading passages and kind of showing you how 146 00:09:12,060 --> 00:09:16,110 you have to be able to answer these question types. 147 00:09:16,650 --> 00:09:17,130 Okay. 148 00:09:17,160 --> 00:09:19,860 Thanks a lot and have a great day.